Cage

Quick meaning: Cage is a noun meaning An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation.

Meaning

An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation.

More Meanings

1. The passenger compartment of a lift.
2. (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
3. Short for roll cage, a protective structure around the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
4. (by extension, US, slang) Synonym of automobile.
5. (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
6. (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
7. (slang) A prison or prison cell.

Example Sentences

We keep a bird in a cage.

The tigers are in a cage to protect the public.

For his father had / never a house but the cage.

The most dangerous prisoners are locked away in a cage.

Word Forms

• cages
• caging
• caged

Synonyms for cage

Depending on context, synonyms include automobile, coop.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coop, encase, bin, box, crate, enclosure.

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